At SMSAM SYSTEMS LTD, we have a team of dedicated consultants and resource experts recognized as experts in their field of practice. The expertise ranges from authors of international bestselling books, to accomplished public speakers of enterprise conferences and conventions, to experts who have worked with a particular product or solution many times in the past.
Rand Morimoto - Rand has been in the computer industry for over 30-years and is an internationally known public speaker and author of dozens of bestselling books ranging from security, Microsoft Windows networking, Microsoft Exchange messaging, and information management. Rand has a Ph.D. in Organization and Management and an MBA in Strategic Planning. Rand creates and oversees the business strategy of the organization, and leads the public awareness and public relations operations of the business. In his spare time, Rand is a Board member for the NASA and Smithsonian Institute affiliate Chabot Space and Science Center, Rand is one of four cybersecurity advisors to the White House, and a member of the Board of Regents for St.Mary's College.
Certifications:
- Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP
Publications:
- Windows Server 2008 Unleashed
- Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed
- Windows 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed
- Windows Vista Administration and Management (editor)
- SQL 2005 Administration and Management (editor)
- Network Security for Government and Corporate Executives
- Windows Server 2003 Unleashed R2 Edition
- Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed
- Encryption in a Windows Environment (Shortcut Series)
- Performing an Active Directory Health Check (Shortcut Series)
- Windows 2003 Insider Solutions
- (plus dozens of others)
John Savill - John Savill, B.S., MCSE, M.S. ITP Server Administrator, M.S. ITP Enterprise Administrator, Clustering MVP, is the Central U.S. manager for EMC’s Microsoft technical infrastructure practice and chief Microsoft Architect. John has worked in infrastructure solutions for 15 years in different industries.
At the age of 19, John started frequently asked questions site for Windows NT that evolved into the www.ntfaq.com site, which became the most used NT FAQ on the Internet. John is a frequent writer for Windows IT Pro magazine and other major publications such asTechNet Magazine, and this work is John’s fourth solo book project. John is a speaker at many major technology shows, including Tech Ed 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Outside of technology, John enjoys fitness activities, such as cycling, running, and weightlifting in addition to practicing martial arts, which he has done since the age of 7. John has lived in the United States since 2004 and received his green card (finally) at the beginning of 2008.
David Davis - CCIE #9369, CCNA,CCNP, CCDA,MCSE CISSP, Linux+, VCP,CEH,IBM AIX Certified Professional. David Davis has been in the IT industry for 15+ years. He has worked as a consultant, network admin, system admin, data center manager, and infrastructure manager. David has written over three hundred articles, eight practice tests, six video training courses, and co-authored one book. Additionally, he has authored articles videos, podcasts, and webcasts for a wide variety of websites including:
- WindowsNetworking.com
- VMware.com
- Petri Knowledgebase
- TechRepublic.com
- SearchVMware.com
- SearchServerVirtualization.com
- VMwareVideos.com
David has created the following video training course:
- VMware ESX Server
- VMware Server & Workstation
- Microsoft Virtual Server & Virtual PC
- Windows XP
- A+
- Linux+
- ISA Server
- Wireless Network Administration / CWNA
David’s “real-world” experience combined with his diversity of skills gives you a powerful learning resource that can’t be matched!
Nuno Velho - Nuno is a Partner in Actual Training in Portugal. He founded the company in 2007. This company delivers consultancy and training. It has been recognized by Microsoft as Gold Partner for Learning Solutions. Nuno has developed several exclusive trainings, based on Small Business Server 2007 and Exchange 2007, OCS 2007 and OCS 2007 R2. Microsoft Portugal trained almost 150, during 2008 of their partners using Nuno's workshops and with him delivering them. Nuno was invited by several of these partners to consult on Exchange 2007 and OCS 2007 (R2, recently). This business area allowed partners support on how design and implement Microsoft Unified Communications Solutions on several "final customers". Actual Training, internally consumes also UC solutions, implemented by Nuno and his team. Nuno has implemented several solutions to non "disclosable" customers, which included "all" the supported features of Exchange 2007 and OCS 2007 on Unified Solutions. Microsoft Portugal is, at the moment, using a Demo Room on OCS 2007 R2, full featured, configured, by Nuno.
Nuno’s Qualifications and Certifications
Nuno is certified on
- OCS 2007 and OCS 2007 R2
- ISA Server 2006
- Exchange Server 2007
- Small Business Server 2003 R2
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Windows
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows 95
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise
- Networking Essentials
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
- Networking Essentials
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Administering Microsoft SQL 7.0, 2000 e 2005
- Implementing a database on Microsoft SQL 7.0, 2000 & 2005
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 & 2003
- Supporting Internet Information Server 3.0 and Index server 1.1 & 6.0
Nuno is actually
- Microsoft Product Specialist
- MCITP – Exchange
- MCITP - OCS 2007 and R2
- MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
- MCSA - Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
- MCSA - Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator 2003
- Microsoft Product Specialist +
- MCT -Microsoft Certified Trainer
- MCDBA - Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
Henrik Walther is a Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange 2007, Microsoft Exchange MVP, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator/Enterprise Messaging Administrator, and MCSE: M+S that works as a Technology Architect for Trifork Infrastructure Consulting A/S, a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Denmark. His primary role at Trifork Infrastructure Consulting A/S is to plan, design and implement messaging solutions based on Exchange Server for large Enterprise IT organizations. Henrik has been in the IT industry for more than 14 years (primarily working with MS technology), but has over the years become a Microsoft Exchange Messaging Specialist.
In addition to his job as Technology Architect at Trifork Infrastructure Consulting A/S, Henrik is part of the Technical writer team at Biblioso Corporation, that amongst other things develops most of the Exchange technical white papers for Microsoft IT Showcase.
Moreover he owns and runs the danish site - Exchange-faq.dk, and is the primary content creator here on MSExchange.org. Henrik is the author behind the How To Cheat at Configuring Exchange Server 2007 and CYA Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access books both published by Syngress Publishing (now part of Elsevier Press). Henrik was also a reviewer for a several other messaging books.
Henrik is lucky to share his life with his fantastic wife Michella (an absolutely non-computer geek!) and his lovely little son Benjamin.
JON HAMLET
Jon holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, ZAR. He is a globally renowned security specialist with the following qualifications and experience under his belt;
Qualifications:
- CCSP – Sales Professional
- Websense Certified Systems Engineer
- Websense Certified Master Instructor
- Websense Certified Email Security Professional
- Websense Certified Data Security Professional
- Websense Certified Security Professional
- ISS Engineer (No certified training locally available)
- RSA Security Sales Expert – Certified for SecurID, KEON, Clear Trust, B-Safe, Sign-on-Manager.
- RSA Security Engineer (Informal & Uncertified) – Sign-On Manager, SecurID.
- Expert technical and product management level achieved for information security products over a wide range of technologies including: Access Control, Internal Security, PKI and Encryption, AV, AS, IPS, IDS, Content Security, SRNA (Secure Remote Network Access), Biometrics technologies and more.
- CISSP
- CISM
- CISA
Experience (Current) Jan 2007 - Present
Websense International, South Africa
Territory Manager: Africa
Principle Accountabilities:
- rovide local (Africa) representation for Websense International
- Provide primary sales and marketing functions for the entire region
- Achievement of stipulated targets (US$2,5M) per annum new business and renewal target (annuity) of US$4M per annum with minimum of 20% growth year to year. (Achieved 97,3% quota for the year 2008 across both targets).
- Growth and management of the African market w.r.t pipeline, general sales and renewals
Strategy design and implementation aligned to overall Websense strategies for the entire African region with special emphasis on local market differences and requirements for overall business success.
- Presentation of all Websense product lines across all industry verticals to C-Level, Management Level and Technical Level customers.
- Channel management and presentations of new products, strategies and incentives to current channel partners, including resellers and distributors
- Product launch seminars and customer events
- Management of technical resources local to SA (1 x SE)
- Coordination of all technical management cases to engineering and global support management team.
- Core Team Member (Websense Global Core Team) – responsibilities included product design input, customer product enhancement request matrix evaluation and onsite customer feedback and Instrumental Build deployment for Africa region
- Strategic account management for Africa region – this includes running the major Websense customer accounts for the entire region across all verticals, including Government (e.g. SARS), Manufacturing (e.g. SASOL), Services (e.g. Deloitte), Financial (e.g. Investec, Std. Bank, FNB, etc) and more.
- Other responsibilities also included general sales and technical training of new hires, additional sales training of resellers and distribution staff members.
Experience - July 2006 – Jan 2007
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du), Dubai UAE
Senior Manager: Technology Security Architecture
Principle Accountabilities:
- Act as a central point of reference for the Information Security evolution for the business in the Enterprise area.
- Deliver the Information Security Architecture and work closely with different stakeholders to see through the implementation of it.
Work closely with the project planning function to ensure that security governance is achieved in the area of enterprise.
- Consultation, design and architecture of information security systems, solutions, policies and procedures.
- Cross-Consultation with regard to product and non-product centric security policy consultation and architecture design.
- Product Expertise: Ability to provide complete and accurate security product knowledge with emphasis on the technical integration capabilities and placement of the specific product and/or technology within new and existing architectures.
- Convergence Consultation: Ability to provide consultation services with regard to the convergence of networks from a technical, product and policy perspective.
Achievements:
Although my present position within the company does not strictly encompass hard selling, I was solely instrumental in closing 30% of the company’s total turnover in the first year of my employment and am currently on approximately 24% of the company’s total turnover for this financial year.
Provided principle security architecture design for numerous blue-chip companies across several industry verticals, including Telecommunications (MTN SA & Nigeria; Vodacom SA; Cell-C SA; EchoNet (Nigeria); VMobile Nigeria), Financial Institutions (Standard Bank; First National Bank; ABSA Bank), Manufacturing & Heavy Industries – Mining (Amplats, De Beers). |
